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Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

if you watch MLBNow do you want to reach through your set and smack Brian Kenny on his fluffy haired head or is it just me? I'm sure it's his job to act like he knows everything but gimme a break....the smug thing kills me. He reminds me of my wife...he can take any side of any argument. btw i'm sure he's more knowledgeable than Harold Reynolds when it comes to numbers but I have plenty of Harold Reynolds baseball cards and not one Brian Kenny card

Re: Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

Originally Posted by GADawg

if you watch MLBNow do you want to reach through your set and smack Brian Kenny on his fluffy haired head or is it just me? I'm sure it's his job to act like he knows everything but gimme a break....the smug thing kills me. He reminds me of my wife...he can take any side of any argument. btw i'm sure he's more knowledgeable than Harold Reynolds when it comes to numbers but I have plenty of Harold Reynolds baseball cards and not one Brian Kenny card

And if you had a Brian Kenny card it'd probably be as worth as much as a Harold Reynolds card.

Re: Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

While I enjoy him interviews, I find him annoying in the context of his MLB show. While I realize it's the entire basis for the show, he oversells the "stats" vs. "scouts" angle and doesn't do enough explanation of why the stat matters. You could so easily set up Harold Reynolds, back him in to corners with a bit of Socratic dialogue and call him out on his unsupported assertions; too often Kenny just tends to the blunt disagreement, leaving the viewer with little basis for believing the data unless they were already inclined to do so.

Last edited by RedsManRick; 07-01-2013 at 05:25 PM.

Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.

Re: Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

I like Brian Kenney. I agree with Rick that Kenney too often lets Harold Reynolds off the hook when he could easily absolutely skewer him. Reynolds says some of the dumbest things I have ever heard.

I really think that is MLB Network stepping in.

Remember the first week of promotion for that show? It was Brian Kenny ripping apart Harold and his flawed ideas. For some reason, before the show even started, the promotions became much more tame from BK towards Harold.

Re: Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

Originally Posted by dougdirt

I really think that is MLB Network stepping in.

Remember the first week of promotion for that show? It was Brian Kenny ripping apart Harold and his flawed ideas. For some reason, before the show even started, the promotions became much more tame from BK towards Harold.

Oh I agree. Kenny has definitely been told to take it easy on Reynolds. Most baseball fans and MLB Network viewers know very little about sabermetrics, so they are inclined to agree with Harold. The network doesn't want to alienate their viewers by having Kenny rip their baseball worldview to shreds. The show is intended to gently bump the modern understanding of baseball into the public consciousness, not blow peoples' minds.

Re: Does Brian Kenny annoy you too?

Originally Posted by RedsManRick

While I enjoy him interviews, I find him annoying in the context of his MLB show. While I realize it's the entire basis for the show, he oversells the "stats" vs. "scouts" angle and doesn't do enough explanation of why the stat matters. You could so easily set up Harold Reynolds, back him in to corners with a bit of Socratic dialogue and call him out on his unsupported assertions; too often Kenny just tends to the blunt disagreement, leaving the viewer with little basis for believing the data unless they were already inclined to do so.

That's my problem with Brian Kenny too.

Having said that, I abhor Harold Reynolds as a baseball analyst, and I don't think I've literally ever heard him make a good point about baseball, which is amazing to me.

They don't think it be like it is, but it do.

Originally Posted by Larry Schuler

He has also taught me that even when the Reds win it is important to focus on the fact that they could have lost.

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